Yup, IBM Selectric Scribe (towards the bottom of the page):

http://luc.devroye.org/fonts-44934.html

It was a bit of a "novelty" font for typewriters. Almost like the Comic Sans of its day. It wasn't meant to be used as italics, it was for typing a fun invitation or more "personal" letter or something like that.

I can't find any information on it specifically though, whether it was the first. It wouldn't surprise me if it were, however.